Truong Son Craft Village - new destination for international visitors

With a wide open space, converging many traditional crafts, Truong Son Craft Village (Nha Trang City) has become a place to introduce traditional crafts and culture of Tram Huong. Recently, many travel agencies have brought international tourists to visit craft villages, especially cruise tourists.

On November 20, the Seven Seas Explorer cruise ship (Marshall Islands nationality) arrived in Nha Trang on a cruise in Vietnam. Many tourists have chosen a tour to visit the city, including Truong Son Craft Village. Tourists of French, British, German, and Spanish nationality innocently jumped on the stalls with the craft village staff, enjoyed holding hammers and playing stone instruments, listening to the sounds of the great forest... "This destination is very interesting. Many traditional crafts are still preserved here, which are gradually disappearing in modern life today. I also really like the performance of traditional Vietnamese musical instruments, it's so magical...", Peter White (a British tourist) shared.

Cruise tourists watch artisans make sand paintings at Truong Son Craft Village.

Recently, travel companies specializing in organizing tours for cruise tourists regularly take tourists to visit Truong Son Craft Village, including luxury cruise ships Celebrity Solstice, Norwegian Jewel, Spectrum of the Seas... According to Le Huu Phuc - a tour guide specializing in leading international visitors, with the model of displaying and producing handicrafts, combined with traditional art performances, Truong Son Craft Village is a destination suitable for international tourists. Visitors to the craft village can see artisans weaving mats, hats, nets...; making sand paintings, calligraphy portraits, embroideries, and craft traditional musical instruments; experience the Vietnamese cultural space with bamboo dancing games,  performances traditional musical instruments... Many tourists have chosen to buy ceramic sculptures bearing the mark of Cham culture by sculptor Doan Xuan Hung, Hong Chau Sa sand paintings, wind chimes... as souvenirs.

International visitors learn about traditional sedge mat weaving techniques.

Not only cruise tourists, many Korean, Chinese, Russian tourists...have also come to Truong Son Craft Village to visit and learn about traditional Vietnamese culture. "In the last months of the year, the weather is not favorable. Therefore, instead of going on island tours, many Korean tourists have switched to indoor attractions, of which Truong Son Craft Village is a popular destination for many tourists. choice. Many tourists were very impressed with the traditional Vietnamese professions preserved here. Currently, tourists tend to favor cultural tourism products. If promoted well, the craft village will be a destination that attracts a large number of international tourists in the near future," said Le Thanh Trung - Good day Nha Trang Tour Co., Ltd. said.

A Chinese tourist experiences sewing

According to Nguyen Thi Le Thanh - Director of the provincial Department of Tourism "Truong Son Craft Village is an emerging destination recently. Truong Son Craft Village along with the Oceanography Museum , A.Yersin Museum, Ponagar Tower relic site, Hon Chong scenic spot create a very attractive sightseeing route for tourists to Nha Trang, especially international tourists. During tourism promotion trips, The Department of Tourism has introduced this destination to travel companies in other provinces and cities. Many travel service businesses want to bring tourists to visit Truong Son Craft Village to learn about the culture and traditional professions of Khanh Hoa. I believe that Truong Son Craft Village is an attractive destination for those who love traditional culture."

Thanh Nguyen
Translated by T.T